In the 1940s South, a wrongly accused African-American man faces a death sentence after being convicted of a crime he didn't commit.
A Lesson Before Dying
In the 1940s American South, a man's life hangs in the balance as he faces trial for a crime he didn't commit, with his lawyer using a unique strategy to prove his innocence by drawing parallels between the man's circumstances and those of a humble hog.
